US EditionLahav 433 Chief Meni Benjamin Speaks Out After Being Detained for Questioning on Misconduct
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Jerusalem Post
Conservative AngleLahav 433 Chief Meni Benjamin speaks out after being detained for questioning on misconduct
“I am very disappointed in the Police Internal Investigations Department. The way they detained me for questioning, they could have done it in a more respectful manner," Benjamin said.
Head of police's serious crimes unit investigated for breach of trust, abuse of authority
According to police sources familiar with the case, Chief Superintendent Meni Benjamin, head of the Lahav 433 anti-corruption and serious crime unit, is suspected of intervening in an investigation and making decisions to benefit a person close to him
Police anti-corruption chief questioned over alleged breach of trust and misuse of of
Chief Superintendent Meni Benjamin, head of Lahav 433, was questioned on suspicion that he had intervened in a sensitive investigation despite an alleged conflict of interest; his phone was seized and he was suspended as senior police officials downplayed the case
In 2026, the public prosecutor's office is investigating the suspicion of abuse of office.
"The Suspicion Against Meni Binyamin Was Accepted Before the Magistrate": Lahav 433 Attacks Gottlieb
Police officials strongly reject Gottlieb's claims that the investigation of the former MP was not assigned to Lahav 433 • "He did not format the phone like other interrogators with an inherent criminal mindset"
After long hours of questioning, the senior superintendent was released last night with a nine-day suspension from all police stations. The officer is suspected of interfering in a matter in which he had a conflict of interest, without reporting it, and of acting, in various ways, to influence the handling of the matter within his unit.
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